The total number of the fall headcount is 25,086 WMU President John Dunn during his annual State of the University address this afternoon at Dalton Recital Hall.

Dunn said there were a fewer number of traditional freshmen who enrolled this year, down 184.

"The fact that we are remaining strong in this time of economic stress is an indicator of one other important quality of our university," Dunn said. "We have a well-deserved reputation for being a campus in which people are recognized, acknowledged and embraced as valuable members of our campus community."

But the university did see a 14 percent increase in enrollment for online courses, a 10.2 percent increase in the number of minority students and 10.5 percent more international students, Dunn said.

"These changes to our student demographics mean we must continually change as well," Dunn said. "We must be willing to be flexible in how we work with and welcome prospective students. We must partner with them in their hometowns and home nations, in their high schools and community colleges."